Tabitha’s POV
“What the hell do you think you’re doing here?” Luca’s voice barrels into me before I can even pretend to be innocent.
I spin around, startled, my hand still wrapped around the rusted gate lock. My heart thuds as I find all four of them standing there, surrounding me, their expressions unreadable but far from amused. It feels like I’ve been caught committing treason, not just snooping around a dusty wing of the estate.
“I— I was just reading,” I stammer. “It’s a library.”
“Right,” Luca says, a biting edge to his voice. “And you just accidentally wandered into the one section of the library that's locked.”
I try to straighten up, my voice defensive now. “It’s still part of the library. I didn’t think it would be that serious.”
Jace scoffs and takes a step forward. In his
